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Faisal Al Naeimi’s Chrome wins
Ras Mlaiji Cup at Al Uqda

Chrome ridden by Guiseppe Cultraro

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The Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) organised the fourth race meeting in the 2022-23 season at the Uqda Racecourse turf track on Saturday, 10 December. The seven-race card day was wrapped up with the feature event, Ras Mlaiji Cup,, a 2200m Handicap (65-85) for 4YO+ Local Purebred Arabians.

The Faisal Mohammed Al Naeimi-owned Chrome (QA, Pharfadet x Thekrayaat) battled on resolutely under jockey Guiseppe Cultraro in the final strides of a competitive contest to win the day’s feature by a head and wrap up the day with a victory for trainer Hadi Al Ramzani.

The Mekhezin Mubarak AL Mansouri-owned and Mansoor Khalil Al Mansoori-trained was the close runner-up under jokcey Lukas Delozier. The Al Gaiah Racing-owned and Abdallah Said Al Balushi-trained Hamdi (QA) (Assy) took the third place as he was further one and a half lengths behind under jockey Alberto Sanna.

Text: Mohamed Saad-QREC / Photos: Juhaim/QREC